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World No. 4 Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 victory over U.S. wild card Donald Young.

Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana made major contributions toward increasing the national average. Each of these states recorded their hottest summers ever, with the average summer temperature in Texas being 86.8 degrees. In Oklahoma, the average was 86.5 degrees.

Hundreds of Longshore workers Thursday morning stormed the port in Longview, Wash. in a labor dispute-overpowering security guards as they dumped grain and damaged rail cars.

Tropical Storm Maria is on a slightly altered path that takes it closer to the U.S. East Coast.

Decades-old flood walls were no match for the swelling waters of the Susquehanna River, which forced 20,000 locals to seek higher ground as heavy rain from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee pushes already swollen rivers higher.

Persistent heavy rains from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee has left 25,000 customers in New York without power, according to information release from the governor's office.

Hurricane Katia will impact northwest Europe as a extratropical storm Sunday to Tuesday, forecasters say, with gales and heavy rain spreding from Ireland and Scotland starting late Sunday through Tuesday.

Central and eastern Pennsylvania are being hit hard by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, with the Delaware River expected to crest at a level not seen since Hurricane Ivan in 2004. More than 100,000 residents are evacuating.

More heavy rainfall of up to two inches per hour is falling on parts of Maryland as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continue across the northeast of the United States. The National Weather Service on Thursday said a flash flood warning still remains in effect until 4 p.m. for Montgomery County, Md., as the heavy rainfall is being felt from Gaithersburg to the American Legion Bridge, which will cause even more flooding.

Officials revised their estimates of the destruction wrought by the fires raging across Texas, tripling the number of homes consumed by a record breaking fire in hard-hit Bastrop County.

The flooding that's occurring in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas are bordering on the lines of history, as rivers are now nearing levels that haven't been seen since Hurricane Agnes in 1972.

The energy-thirsty United States is on the hunt for a game-changing energy source or energy usage technology -- and batteries and fuel cells are strong candidates. But their mass use could be 20 years away. Meanwhile, a conventional source may bridge that gap, or provide even more upside: natural gas.

Flash flooding from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee has forced the closure of dozens of highways and secondary roads in central Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has advised motorists on Wednesday not to travel if possible because of the widespread closures.

Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania have called for a mandatory evacuation of more than 100,000 people in the vicinity of the Susquehanna River by 4 p.m. Thursday because remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are expected to flood the area.

Tropical Storm Maria is following a path toward the Leeward Islands as Tropical Storm Lee takes aim at Mexico.

The National Weather Service has issued flash-flood warnings in and around several large cities, including Albany, Binghamton, N.Y., and Philadelphia. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday said the state's full response capacity have been deployed to Broome County where heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee have caused increased flood levels.

Widespread flooding resulting from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is being blamed for three deaths in Pennsylvania, where thousands were ordered to evacuate, as flash flood warnings have been issued from Maryland to New York early on Thursday.

The City of Binghamton has ordered mandatory evacuation to people near Binghamton, N.Y., due to imminent flooding of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers.

According to a new research precious metals arrived on the earth when a cataclysmic meteor shower pounded our planet 3.9 billion years ago.

The U.S. Open was washed out for the second day in a row Wednesday, leaving organizers scrambling to clear a backlog and appease players who revolted against conditions on the court.

The sun unleashed an unusually strong X2.1-class solar flare on Tuesday which was four times stronger than the earlier M-class flare that erupted on Sept. 6 at about 0150 GMT.